| BIRDBATH | A basin or trough for birds to bath in (8) |
| WASHBOWL | A basin or lavabo traditionally on a stand with a ewer and other requisites for bathing one's hands or face (8) |
| PLUG | Bung for a basin or bath; a seedling grown in a cell of a tray; blurb for a book, film etc; or, a volcanic neck (4) |
| LARKSPUR | Bloomer for birds to sound contented endlessly (8) |
| ROBINSON | He created contraptions to make hot cooked nosh for bird to tuck into (5,8) |
| STOP | A bung for a basin; or, a door chock (4) |
| COCKTAIL | Mixture for bird to follow (8) |
| ROUGHTOR | Cornwall's second-highest summit - or trough, oddly (5,3) |
| BOWL | A biased orb rolled on a crown green; a cheese for skittles; a deep dish; a drinking cup; a lob in cricket; a natural basin; or, a Scots word for a marble (4) |
| TIDEMARK | Grimy line on a basin showing the level reached by water (8) |
| CONDUIT | A tube or trough for protecting electric wiring. (7) |
| CANNABIS | Container ? sort of basin or pot |
| SWALLOWS | Rules drawn up on troughs for drinks (8) |
| JARDINIERE | Ornamental pot or trough for plants |
| JARDINIERES | Ornamental pots or troughs for plants (11) |
| WAVELENGTH | Property in physics typically measured from crest to crest or trough to trough |
| CROWBAR | Tool for making a place for birds to drink (7) |
| SHED | Word meaning "discard", as in the water of a drainage basin; or, an outhouse or hut for bikes, cattle, garden tools or potting-up plants (4) |
| ROOKERY | Castle has strange eyrie that is cut out for birds to nest in (7) |
| ROOST | Egg's found in strange sort of place for birds to nest (5) |